Euvester Simpson Oral History Interview

Object Details

Description: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.; Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Euvester Simpson, American, born 1946
Interviewed by: John Dittmer Ph. D., American, born 1939
Subject of: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place collected: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America; Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America; Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Time-based Media - Moving Images
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; Mississippi Freedom Summer

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; Suffrage; U.S. History, 1961-1969; Women